diff --git a/pg2mysql-1.9-php-5.5.patch b/pg2mysql-1.9-php-5.5.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1dca35c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pg2mysql-1.9-php-5.5.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+diff -Nru pg2mysql-1.9.orig/pg2mysql.inc.php pg2mysql-1.9/pg2mysql.inc.php
+--- pg2mysql-1.9.orig/pg2mysql.inc.php	2011-07-20 18:24:04.000000000 +0200
++++ pg2mysql-1.9/pg2mysql.inc.php	2014-07-08 16:48:24.214418090 +0200
+@@ -126,11 +126,11 @@
+ 
+ }
+ 
+-function pg2mysql(&$input, $header=true)
++function pg2mysql($input, $header=true)
+ {
+ 	global $config;
+ 
+-	if(is_array(&$input)) {
++	if(is_array($input)) {
+ 		$lines=$input;
+ 	} else {
+ 		$lines=split("\n",$input);
+diff -Nru pg2mysql-1.9.orig/pg2mysql.php pg2mysql-1.9/pg2mysql.php
+--- pg2mysql-1.9.orig/pg2mysql.php	2011-07-20 18:21:01.000000000 +0200
++++ pg2mysql-1.9/pg2mysql.php	2014-07-08 16:48:20.946422029 +0200
+@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
+ <br><br>
+ <form method=post action="pg2mysql.php">
+ 
+-<?
++<?php
+  if($_POST['postgresdata'])
+  {
+  	$output=pg2mysql(stripslashes($_POST['postgresdata']));
+@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
+ 	<textarea rows=20 cols=80 name=postgresdata></textarea>
+ 	<br />
+ 	<input type=submit value="Convert to MySQL">
+- <?
++ <?php
+  }
+  ?>
+ 
diff --git a/pg2mysql.spec b/pg2mysql.spec
index 1e32fbd..fb3adb8 100644
--- a/pg2mysql.spec
+++ b/pg2mysql.spec
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
 
 Name:          %{?sitename:%sitename-website-}pg2mysql
 Version:       1.9
-Release:       1mamba
+Release:       2mamba
 Summary:       A PHP interface do convert dumps from PostgreSQL to MySQL
 Group:         Applications/Web
 Vendor:        openmamba
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ Distribution:  openmamba
 Packager:      Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it>
 URL:           http://www.lightbox.ca/pg2mysql
 Source:        http://www.lightbox.ca/pg2mysql/pg2mysql-%{version}.tar.bz2
+Patch0:        pg2mysql-1.9-php-5.5.patch
 License:       GPL
 ## AUTOBUILDREQ-BEGIN
 ## AUTOBUILDREQ-END
@@ -41,6 +42,7 @@ A PHP interface do convert dumps from PostgreSQL to MySQL.
 
 %prep
 %setup -q
+%patch0 -p1
 
 %build
 
@@ -58,5 +60,8 @@ cp -a * %{buildroot}%{installdir}
 %{installdir}/*
 
 %changelog
+* Tue Jul 08 2014 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 1.9-2mamba
+- added patch tested against php 5.5
+
 * Tue Jul 08 2014 Silvan Calarco <silvan.calarco@mambasoft.it> 1.9-1mamba
 - package created using the webbuild interface